Hillary is doing OK. Why should she descend to the level of the other candidates. Bernie likes to make impassioned speeches as he has been doing in Congress for decades, but he doesn’t seem to have much of an idea on how to get anything done. If elected I am sure the Congress will give him all the cooperation they bestowed on President Obama. We really need some way of cleaning out Congress and replacing them with people who know how to get something done that really is in the best interest of most of the people in this country.
Quit whining about congress as if it isn’t our own fault. Congress is the people WE elected. If you don’t want the laws written so that the rich folks can buy the elections, look up your congressman and senator in OPEN SECRETS.com. It tells you where his/her money is coming from. We all have to do the bidding of who ever is supplying the money to pay our bills. So do politicians. If most of their money is coming from individuals, unions, or other organizations representing the Middle Class, that is who they are going to work for. If most of their money is from banks, etc, they are going to work for the 1%. They don’t really have any choice if they want to win the next election. To vote against the 1% would be political suicide.
Cheer up, they’re working really hard to see that they can carry guns into the convention to be safe . Of course, if anything goes wrong, it’ll be Obama’s fault.
Priorities. What benefit is a balanced budget if the economy is in the toilet?
There is a common belief that the Great Depression was ended by WW II. The true reason is that government spending, financed by huge deficits, stimulated so much economic activity that the Depression ended. People had jobs and money to spend, simple as that. And even the Republicans couldn’t stop that spending because we had been attacked and IT WAS WAR. Hoover had insisted on a balanced budget, minimal taxation and regulation, and basically fiddled as the USA burned into economic chaos. FDR tried everything he could to stimulate the economy but was routinely stymied by Republican insistence on the same policies Hoover had espoused. The economy showed some signs of rallying during FDR’s first term, from 1933-1936. FDR capitulated to Republican demands for a time after his first reelection in 1936, and the economy plunged back into Depression. So he re-started stimulus spending as far as he was able, still fighting the right for every dollar. Then war came and there was no realistic choice but to spend the money. So long, Great Depression.
If they really cared about gun rights they’d allow guns in ALL legislative houses and the courts!It would put some of our Founders’ fights/canings to shame!
Trump is promising tax cuts across the board. While that may seem enticing, virtually every analysis shows his plan, more than any other, would add trillions to the federal debt over the next decade..Like Trump, Cruz would have to make unprecedented spending cuts to balance his tax breaks, but he hasn’t specified what these would be, beyond abolishing the IRS. And that, argues Citizens for Tax Justice, would effectively reduce all federal revenue because "after all, without a tax collection agency, why would anyone pay taxes?.Clinton’s reforms to the corporate tax code aim to tax profits earned by multinational businesses in the United States and U.S. companies earned abroad. Clinton is also seeking to penalize excessive risk taking in the financial sector while incentivizing business programs that help workers and distressed communities.
Analysts say Clinton’s proposals would increase federal revenues by $500 billion to $1.1 trillion in the first decade..Sanders’ proposals would bring in $10 trillion to $15 trillion in federal revenue, earmarked to finance various new programs, and could reduce incentives to save and invest, and raise costs for businesses.
There is debate over whether the package of new taxes would curb economic growth or stimulate it. And it’s unclear how Sanders would get policies that are more liberal than President Barack Obama’s through Congress..http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/apr/07/politifacts-guide-2016-candidates-tax-plans/
PainterArt Premium Member about 8 years ago
Enjoy it while you can because at least one or probably both of you are going to go away mad.
emptc12 about 8 years ago
Such a lunch is best served cold.
WestNYC Premium Member about 8 years ago
Its nice to see Cruz and Trump trying to destroy each other. I wish Hillary would take off the gloves and give Bernie a throttling.
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member about 8 years ago
Hillary is doing OK. Why should she descend to the level of the other candidates. Bernie likes to make impassioned speeches as he has been doing in Congress for decades, but he doesn’t seem to have much of an idea on how to get anything done. If elected I am sure the Congress will give him all the cooperation they bestowed on President Obama. We really need some way of cleaning out Congress and replacing them with people who know how to get something done that really is in the best interest of most of the people in this country.
Diane Lee Premium Member about 8 years ago
Quit whining about congress as if it isn’t our own fault. Congress is the people WE elected. If you don’t want the laws written so that the rich folks can buy the elections, look up your congressman and senator in OPEN SECRETS.com. It tells you where his/her money is coming from. We all have to do the bidding of who ever is supplying the money to pay our bills. So do politicians. If most of their money is coming from individuals, unions, or other organizations representing the Middle Class, that is who they are going to work for. If most of their money is from banks, etc, they are going to work for the 1%. They don’t really have any choice if they want to win the next election. To vote against the 1% would be political suicide.
Cerabooge about 8 years ago
In the face?
kaffekup about 8 years ago
Cheer up, they’re working really hard to see that they can carry guns into the convention to be safe . Of course, if anything goes wrong, it’ll be Obama’s fault.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 8 years ago
Priorities. What benefit is a balanced budget if the economy is in the toilet?
There is a common belief that the Great Depression was ended by WW II. The true reason is that government spending, financed by huge deficits, stimulated so much economic activity that the Depression ended. People had jobs and money to spend, simple as that. And even the Republicans couldn’t stop that spending because we had been attacked and IT WAS WAR. Hoover had insisted on a balanced budget, minimal taxation and regulation, and basically fiddled as the USA burned into economic chaos. FDR tried everything he could to stimulate the economy but was routinely stymied by Republican insistence on the same policies Hoover had espoused. The economy showed some signs of rallying during FDR’s first term, from 1933-1936. FDR capitulated to Republican demands for a time after his first reelection in 1936, and the economy plunged back into Depression. So he re-started stimulus spending as far as he was able, still fighting the right for every dollar. Then war came and there was no realistic choice but to spend the money. So long, Great Depression.
edward thomas Premium Member about 8 years ago
If they really cared about gun rights they’d allow guns in ALL legislative houses and the courts!It would put some of our Founders’ fights/canings to shame!
PainterArt Premium Member about 8 years ago
Trump is promising tax cuts across the board. While that may seem enticing, virtually every analysis shows his plan, more than any other, would add trillions to the federal debt over the next decade..Like Trump, Cruz would have to make unprecedented spending cuts to balance his tax breaks, but he hasn’t specified what these would be, beyond abolishing the IRS. And that, argues Citizens for Tax Justice, would effectively reduce all federal revenue because "after all, without a tax collection agency, why would anyone pay taxes?.Clinton’s reforms to the corporate tax code aim to tax profits earned by multinational businesses in the United States and U.S. companies earned abroad. Clinton is also seeking to penalize excessive risk taking in the financial sector while incentivizing business programs that help workers and distressed communities.
Analysts say Clinton’s proposals would increase federal revenues by $500 billion to $1.1 trillion in the first decade..Sanders’ proposals would bring in $10 trillion to $15 trillion in federal revenue, earmarked to finance various new programs, and could reduce incentives to save and invest, and raise costs for businesses.
There is debate over whether the package of new taxes would curb economic growth or stimulate it. And it’s unclear how Sanders would get policies that are more liberal than President Barack Obama’s through Congress..http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/apr/07/politifacts-guide-2016-candidates-tax-plans/